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Riley Swanston

@rileyswanston1

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Senior software engineer specializing in AI, data platforms, and Snowflake.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building LLM-driven analytics and data platforms where I can lead end-to-end AI/data projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver governed, secure production systems that enable business users to safely query and act on data.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years building data-intensive applications and recent focus on generative AI, LLM-driven analytics, and Snowflake-based data products. I pair deep backend engineering with UX-aware chatbot and dashboard design to let business users query complex datasets via natural language while maintaining strong governance and security.

I have led end-to-end projects that include LLM-powered clinical documentation, RAG architectures with vector search, production ML pipelines, and Streamlit/React user surfaces. I design semantic models and Cortex Analyst entities, implement robust prompt engineering and evaluation harnesses, and deploy services on AWS using containerized CI/CD pipelines.

I collaborate across data engineers, analysts, clinicians, and product/UX teams in Agile environments to translate business needs into reliable, compliant systems. I mentor junior engineers and drive observability, testing, and governance to ensure models and data products are secure, auditable, and useful for stakeholders.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Axiom Health Management

Mar 2025 - Present (8 months)

Led design and implementation of an LLM-powered clinical documentation engine and Streamlit clinical insights assistant, reducing manual note drafting and enabling grounded, cited natural-language queries over Snowflake with governed semantic models.

Python fastAPI Snowflake Streamlit RAG AWS Embeddings Data Modeling

Senior AI / Data Engineer

Resource Furniture

May 2022 - Feb 2025 (2 years 9 months)

Designed and delivered an AI space-planning assistant and multi-agent orchestration, built Snowflake-backed data models and embeddings-powered product search, and deployed Streamlit/React dashboards to improve consultation speed and sales conversion.

Python GPT 4 Streamlit Snowflake DBT Vector Search AWS CI CD

Software Engineer - Data

YETI

Aug 2018 - Apr 2022 (3 years 8 months)

Built demand forecasting pipelines and ETL into Snowflake, developed inventory optimization services and Streamlit analytics tools, and improved forecast accuracy via ML experiments and feature enrichment.

Python Pandas scikit learn XGBoost Snowflake Airflow fastAPI MLFlow Streamlit

Software Engineer / Data Analyst

Lone Star Footwear

Jan 2015 - Jul 2018 (3 years 6 months)

Built ETL jobs and the company's first data mart, automated reporting and forecasting scripts, and delivered BI reports and lightweight web tools to reduce manual work and support merchandising decisions.

Python SQL ETL Tableau Power BI Flask Inventory Analysis Forecasting

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The University of Kansas

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2008 - 2014

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework covering algorithms, systems, and software development from August 2008 to May 2014.